Title :
Optically transparent balloon antenna
Author :
Xiang Gao;Zhongxiang Shen
Author_Institution :
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50-Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
fDate :
7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Based on Indium tin oxide (ITO) films and a cylindrical polyvinyl chloride (PVC) balloon, an optically transparent conformal log-periodic balloon antenna is presented in this paper. This antenna includes six cylindrically-conformal bowtie elements and is cross-fed by a parallel-strip transmission line. A comparative analysis is carried out for the proposed design using different types of commercial ITO films and perfect electric conductor (PEC) taper, respectively. Measured results of a fabricated prototype are in good agreement with simulated ones, which demonstrates the good radiation performance of the balloon antenna over a wide frequency band from 200 MHz to 500 MHz.
Keywords :
"Antennas","Antenna measurements","Optical device fabrication","Optical films","Optical variables measurement","Optical reflection"
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2015.7305549
